Radiology practice SimonMed Imaging suffers apparent ransomware attack

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https://radiologybusiness.com/topics/health-it/radiology-practice-simonmed-imaging-suffers-apparent-ransomware-attack

"SimonMed Imaging recently suffered an apparent ransomware attack, the Scottsdale, Arizona, radiology practice confirmed Thursday.

A company representative said the breach occurred last week, but SimonMed “interrupted” hackers and “no data was encrypted.” Clinical systems were not impacted by this “unauthorized activity,” Jenna Lloyd, chief marketing officer, told Radiology Business Thursday.

SuspectFile.com first reported news of the data breach on Tuesday. Ransomware group Medusa apparently claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on the dark web, posting 45 proof files online. The hacker group had claimed it held over 212 GB of data from SimonMed and was seeking $1 million in Bitcoin with a deadline of Feb. 21, the outlet said.

Lloyd did not respond to a question about the report via email Thursday. SuspectFile claimed Medusa had access to 318,000 lines of data from SimonMed including Social Security numbers, medical records, corporate emails and diagnostic images. The radiology practice had not posted any public information about the cybersecurity incident as of late Thursday."